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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact:Pam GarretsonDirector, Public Relations973.754.4504 garretsonp@sjhmc.org St. Joseph’s Performs Innovative Robotic Procedureto Stop Acid RefluxAmong First in NJ to Use LINX System PATERSON, NJ, JANUARY 23, 2018 – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, part of St. Joseph’s Health, announced that it has become the first hospital in New Jersey to use the LINX Reflux® Management System to treat Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) through robotic-assisted surgery. LINX is the latest tool in fighting GERD, a chronic, often progressive disease resulting from a weak Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) that allows harmful gastric fluid to reflux into the esophagus,…

Contact: Kimberly Birdsallbirdsallk@sjhmc.org(973) 754-4403 Contact: Carly O'Briencarly.obrien@mslgroup.com202.683.3163 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HEALTH COALITION OF PASSAIC COUNTY RECEIVES GRANT FROM THE NICHOLSON FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH ASTHMA IN-HOME INTERVENTION PILOT PROJECT Program Deploys Community Health Workers to Identify and Reduce Asthma Triggers in the Home PATERSON, NJ, NOVEMBER 14, 2017 -- The Health Coalition of Passaic County (HCPC) announced today that it has been awarded a $210,000 grant from The Nicholson Foundation to implement the New Jersey Asthma In-Home Intervention Pilot Project – a new evidence-based intervention serving children ages 2-17 enrolled in NJFamilyCare. The goal of the project is to improve asthma…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:Pam GarretsonDirector, Public Relations973.754.4504 garretsonp@sjhmc.org St. Joseph’s University Medical Center Offers the World’s Smallest Pacemaker PATERSON, NJ, DECEMBER 7, 2017 – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, part of St. Joseph’s Health, announced that it is among the first hospitals in New Jersey to offer the world’s smallest pacemaker for patients with bradycardia, a slow or irregular heart rhythm. The Micra® Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) is a new type of heart device that provides patients with the most advanced pacing technology at one-tenth the size of a traditional pacemaker. Bradycardia is a condition characterized by a slow or…

St. Joseph’s Health Selected for CMS Initiative to Build on Success of Accountable Care Innovative Partnership with Physicians for Improved Quality-Driven Care PATERSON, NJ (Feb. 14, 2018) – The St. Joseph’s Health Accountable Care Organization (Mission Health Coordinated Care) has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in the Next Generation ACO Model. Through this innovative program, St. Joseph’s Health will partner with over 100 of its affiliated physicians in coordinating care for more than 8,000 New Jersey Medicare beneficiaries. “We are extremely pleased to have been chosen to participate in the Next Generation…